Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly newsletter. In this week's email, we highlight our favourite shoes of 2018, we offer you some useful tips when it comes to your golf equipment, and we ask for your views on some innovative events taking place on tour.

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This week and last sees both sides of the pond doing their bit to drive golf forwards into the 21st century, with the aim of attracting a fresh crop of people to the game. Part of the reason the Ryder Cup makes for such fascinating viewing is that of the different formats played (foursomes, fourball betterball and singles matchplay) and the team ethos across the week.

Well, last week’s PGA Tour event had something similar where pairs played two rounds of foursomes and fourball betterball across the four days. A glance down the leaderboard will highlight plenty of potential Ryder Cup pairings, from Rose & Stenson to Garcia & Cabrera-Bello, as well as David Duval & Jim Furyk trying to rewind the years. At the end of the play, it was American duo Billy Horschel & Scott Piercy who finished top of the pile with a four-day total of 22-under-par.

Back to this side of the Atlantic where the second edition of GolfSixes hits the spotlight this weekend. There will be a number of firsts during this innovative event, none more so than when Thomas Bjorn & Catriona Matthews tee it up together to become the first male and female professionals to play together in a competitive matchplay format on the European Tour.

We would all love to shoot lower scores, right? Well, when it comes to reducing your score there is no better - and quicker - place to look than the short game. This shouldn't come as a surprise as the majority of shots played during around are with a wedge, be it a chip from around the green to a the dreaded long bunker shot. By getting up and down more often during a round you will see your scores fall. So, if you're looking to reduce your scores this season, speak to us about booking a short game lesson and sharpen up your wedge game.

We want 2018 to be your best golfing year yet, so listen up. Any hardware purchase between now and the end of June will qualify you for a FREE custom fitting and FREE after-sales lesson with a member of the team. So not only will you be getting new equipment that is perfectly suited to your swing, but we will also give you a lesson to ensure you're playing your best golf to date.

This week marks the start of a series of articles where we focus on making sure that you are getting the very most out of the clubs in your bag. A key way to do this is to look at your set as one, rather than breaking it down into woods, irons and wedges.

What does your set look like?As you know, we’re big advocates of custom fitting for golfers of all standards. Many of you have taken advantage of this and are now hitting the ball further and straighter than you ever have before.

While this is fantastic, if you’re hitting your woods further you may have been left with a fiddly gap to your longest iron; likewise, if your new irons are a club longer then you will inevitably have a gap after your PW.

Look at your clubs as a wholeIt’s only by looking at your set as a whole that you’ll be able to spot and react to any gaps, meaning you’ll have a club for every shot you could face on the course.

If you’re a fan of Srixon like us, you’ll know they offer a great range of clubs to ensure you’re never stuck for options. Their Z 765 driver and Z F65 fairway wood offer powerful and penetrating flights, while the Z U65 utility iron and Z H65 hybrid provide us with two options to perfectly gap your long game.

Where are your gaps?Srixon also offers a great range of iron models for you to try, including this workable Z965 blade and compact Z 765, so we can create the best set-up possible during a fitting or gapping session.

The myth that custom fitting is only for better golfers couldn't be further from the truth. Whilst the very best are looking for that extra 1%, a custom fitting for the average club golfer regularly produces results that even surprise us! Make 2018 your best golfing year yet by clicking on the button below.

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